| Main Entry: | inequality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prejudice; lack of balance |
Synonyms: |
asperity, bias, contrast, difference, discrimination, disparity, disproportion, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, diversity, imparity, incommensurateness, injustice, irregularity, one-sidedness, partisanship, preferentiality, roughness, unequivalence, unevenness, unfairness, unjustness, variation |
Antonyms: |
balance, equality, evenness, similarity |
| Main Entry: | inequality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | [Difference of quantity or degree] Inequality. |
| Category: | 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
inequality; disparity, imparity; odds; difference; unevenness; inclination of the balance, partiality, bias, weight; shortcoming; casting weight, make- weight; superiority; inferiority; inequation.
-verbs
be unequal; countervail; have the advantage, give the advantage; turn the scale; kick the beam; topple, topple over; overmatch; not come up to.
-adjectives
unequal, uneven, disparate, partial; unbalanced, overbalanced; top-heavy, lopsided, biased, skewed; disquiparant.
-adverbs
haud passibus aequis [Vergil].
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Antonyms: |
equality |
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| Main Entry: | contrast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference |
Synonyms: |
adverse, antithesis, comparison, contradiction, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, converse, differentiation, disagreement, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, divergence, diversity, foil, heterogeneity, incompatibility, incongruousness, inconsistency, inequality, inverse, oppositeness, opposition, reverse, unlikeness, variance, variation |
| Notes: | compare emphasizes the similarities between or among things, though not losing sight of the differences; contrast emphasizes the differences |
Antonyms: |
agreement, conformity, copy, equality, facsimile, homogeneousness, likeness, similarity, uniformity, unity |
| Main Entry: | difference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dissimilarity, distinctness |
Synonyms: |
aberration, alteration, anomaly, antithesis, asymmetry, change, characteristic, contrariety, contrariness, contrast, departure, deviation, digression, discongruity, discrepancy, disparity, dissemblance, distinction, divergence, diversity, exception, heterogeneity, idiosyncrasy, inequality, irregularity, nonconformity, opposition, particularity, peculiarity, separateness, separation, singularity, unconformity, unlikeness, unorthodoxness, variance, variation, variety |
Antonyms: |
accord, agreement, alikeness, concurrence, conformity, likeness, sameness, similarity, uniformity |
| Main Entry: | disparity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference |
Synonyms: |
alterity, discrepancy, disproportion, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distinction, divergence, divergency, diverseness, gap, imbalance, imparity, incongruity, inequality, otherness, unevenness, unlikeness, variation |
Antonyms: |
alikeness, equality, likeness, sameness, similarity |
| Main Entry: | disproportion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imbalance |
Synonyms: |
asymmetry, difference, discrepancy, disparity, imparity, inadequacy, inequality, insufficiency, irregularity, lopsidedness, unevenness, unsuitableness |
Antonyms: |
balance, equality, evenness, parity, proportion |
| Main Entry: | injustice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unfair treatment; bias |
Synonyms: |
abuse, breach, crime, crying shame, damage, dirty deal, discrimination, encroachment, favoritism, grievance, inequality, inequity, infraction, infringement, iniquity, malfeasance, malpractice, maltreatment, miscarriage, mischief, negligence, offense, onesidedness, oppression, outrage, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, railroad, ruin, sellout, transgression, trespass, unfairness, unjustness, unlawfulness, villainy, violation, wrong, wrongdoing |
Antonyms: |
equality, equity, ethics, fairness, impartiality, justice, lawfulness, morality |
| Main Entry: | mismatch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disparity |
Synonyms: |
discrepancy, disproportion, dissemblance, dissimilarity, divergence, divergency, diverseness, imbalance, imparity, incongruity, inequality, unevenness |
| Main Entry: | sexism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sex discrimination |
Synonyms: |
bias, bigotry, chauvinism, inequality, inequity, partiality, prejudice |